Carsten Beck

The Danish concrete artist Carsten Beck (b. 1986) originally worked in the fields of graphic design, illustration and photography. Though it was only in late 2019 that he started to experiment with translating his graphic sketches into oil on canvas and lithography, recognition happened almost instantly in the international art world. His works can now be seen in galleries from Milan to New York. Geometric sections of bright colours and monumental, black-and-white works are the hallmarks of this self-taught artist, who draws inspiration from concrete art: a form of art based on a simple, non-figurative idiom and clean lines. Though the heyday of concrete art was the mid-20th century, there is something about its expression that transcends time, making it easy to revisit and adapt – year after year.

“Things do not always need to make sense or depict something. It is all about the composition and the balance between black and white – from the layering of colours to the placement of the shapes. The symmetrical and asymmetrical aspects must be in order from the start. It is difficult to make something simple look interesting. It is that challenge I find so exciting.”
– Carsten Beck

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Carsten Beck

Born in the North of Denmark

1986
2005 - 2012

Graphic designer - Bycdesign Studies at Tech College, of Graphic / Web Design - Aalborg Denmark

2012 - 2018

First group show at Vaeg Contemporary art Gallery in Aalborg - Denmark

2019

Duo Solo / Shapes - Galleri Christoffer Egelund – Copenhagen

2020

SUMMERTIME 20 / The big annual group show
 Galleri Christoffer Egelund - Denmark

2020

BALANCE / Group show
 Væg Gallery Aalborg - Denmark

2020

GEOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE / Solo show
 Alium Gallery - Copenhagen - Denmark

2020

Galerie Wolfsen
 Solo - Denmark

2020

Valerius gallery – Luxembourg

2020

Valerius gallery – Luxembourg

2021

Roman Sviridov Gallery – Geometric Movement -Solo - Italy

2021

Circular Gallery - Prima Nova - Group - Berlin

2021

Circular Gallery - Prima Nova - Group - Hamburg

2021

Galerie Benjamin Eck - Group - Hamburg

2021

Westbund Art fair - Cobra Gallery - Shanghai

2021

Albert Contemporary - Solo - Odense

2022

Edition Copenhagen - Copenhagen

2022

Art Madrid - Represented by Galeria Victor Lope

2022

Art Herning - Represented by Galleri Benoni

2022

Volta Basel - Represented by Galeria Victor Lope

2022

Enter Artfair - Represented Albert Contemporary

2022

Galleri Benoni - Solo - Copenhagen

2022

Galeria Victor Lope - Solo - Barcelona

2022

Estampa Madrid - Represented by Galeria Victor Lope

2022

Art on Paper - International art fair - Brussels - Galeria Victor Lope

2022

Art Luxembourg - Represented by Galeria Victor Lope

2022